Scientific Article Discovery - Biology 195J - Life of a Forest

Useful Article Databases for Bio 195J

Try Searching in An Article Index:

An article index is like Google Search if it only searched journal articles. Below you will find several article indexes that should help you find your primary scientific research article.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Sciences and social sciences journal article citations. Searchable by author affiliation and citation count.
CogPrints
ArXiv.org
OAI
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
European Patent Office
Japan Patent Office
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
UK Intellectual Property Office

Scopus Orientation Video
Brief screen capture video highlighting many of the useful features of the Scopus article index.

Try Searching for Review Articles:

A review article is generally an extensive review of the literature which summarizes what is known about a specific area of research or discipline. Sometimes reading all or part of a review article can help you come up to speed quickly about the state of an area of research when the article was published.

Review Articles from New Phytologist
"New Phytologist publishes three types of review articles: our in-depth Tansley reviews, our shorter, focussed Tansley insights, and our mid-size Research reviews." [From the publisher.]

Try Searching in a Single Journal:

If Bates has access to a specific journal, you can search within it very easily!

From the Ladd Library home page, select the "Journals by Title" link beneath the Library Search box.
On the resulting new page enter the title or ISSN of the journal you want to search.
Select your desired journal from the search results and then use the "Search Inside" box to search for articles within the journal.